Bailie

A girls’ name of Scottish origin, meaning bailiff; officer of the law.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bailie by the numbers

Bailie was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 121 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bailie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Baileebailiff, officer of law; a form of Bailey518 in the US (2017)
  • Baylie57 in the US (2017)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
  • Bayleebailiff or steward; modern respelling of Bailey585 in the US (2017)
  • Billieresolute protector; a form of William331 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Barbieforeign; a diminutive of Barbara29 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Bailie

Names that are said the same way as Bailie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Bailybailiff, steward; a form of Bailey16 in the US (2017)
  • Balistrong; mighty; lord of demons in hindu mythology11 in the US (2017)
  • Bayli12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bailie

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